Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• Towards the Development of Haptic-Based Interface for Teaching Visually Impaired Arabic Handwriting

  Abeer S. Bayousuf, Hend S. Al-Khalifa, AbdulMalik S. Al-Salman (2013) — Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This poster paper introduces an initial haptic-based system for teaching Arabic letter handwriting to students with visual impairments. Handwriting requires coordination of vision and hand movement, making it particularly challenging for visually imp…

  • visual impairment
  • haptic feedback
  • handwriting
  • Arabic
  • education
  • assistive technology
  • literacy

• Design of a Haptic-Gripper Virtual Reality System (Hg) for Analyzing Fine Motor Behaviors in Children with Autism

  Huan Zhao, Zhaobo Zheng, Amy Swanson, Amy Weitlauf, Zachary Warren, Nilanjan Sarkar (2018) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This paper presents Hg (Haptic-Gripper), a novel virtual reality system designed to assess and train fine motor skills in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). While research on ASD has extensively focused on social and communication deficits…

  • autism spectrum disorder
  • fine motor skills
  • haptic feedback
  • virtual reality
  • grip force
  • motor coordination
  • children
  • handwriting
  • assessment